Untitled by cthastings at Garmin Connect - Details

Untitled by cthastings at Garmin Connect - Details

GOSH Round Ibiza Day 1 Long wrong hill

GOSH Round Ibiza Day2 Long Route

Started the measurement a little late and paused at lunch

Support Crew Training DW

A very rough cut of the video we made for support crew who will not be able to train with us before the day to give them a vague idea of what happens at a lock.

Do different types of paddles make a difference?

The choice of paddles is a difficult one, lots of people favour wings which have a different paddling technique to asymmetrics. However we have gone for two pairs (one paddle with a blade on each end is a pair) of Streamlyte Visage Assymetric Racing - Carbon shaft Carbon Blade paddles. They are so much lighter than our original paddles. On our trip from Reading to Old Windsor I had a very sore ligament area on the thumb side on top of my forearm. This was probably caused by a combination of poor technique and heavy paddles. Since we have been using our new paddles this has disappeared so something is obviously working. Check out the before and after videos, they are a little bit un-representative as one is a the end of a 34 mile stretch in -5 and the other is at the beginning of a session in bright sunshine.

Lent the Countdown to Easter

The more we train over longer distances the more we realise that the support crew is vital to finishing the race. As we try to fill in our spreadsheets with more information to work out what time we should leave Devizes we start to plan our food stops. More of this in the coming weeks. We are trialing everything from gels to bars to shot blocks, carb drinks, no carb drinks, protein shakes, pasta and pork pies. We will let you know what works for us. We will also try out various hydration units to see what works best.It is all down to personal choice but there are some great products out there which will help power us through.

The end of the river and the tideway

The ice has gone the sun is out so it is time to crank up the training, this was our first fully supported outing, fast support at the locks from Old Windsor to Teddington and then onto the tideway. We made good time down the river and then rehearsed night time drills at Teddington along with a feed stop. The promised massive swell of tide did not appear and led to a slog to Putney! Hopefully the tide on the day will be a bit fuller and give us a bit more of a nudge!